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After those messages. No, I’m not some flash-in-the-pan blogger who’s going to disappear. You’ll be reading my blog years from now. I guarantee it. But yes, I’ve been taking some time off from it. I’ve been trying to line up a few interviews with folks. After Josh (of Cathode Tan) had a good one with Jeff Freeman and Justin (of Get The Sugar) did a good one with Amanda Lannert, I’ve decided it’s a good bandwagon to jump on. I do like a good bandwagon.

Speaking of bandwagons, one I’ll be jumping on is one piloted by Corvus (of May Bytes Blog). The Gaming Roundtable. So, by Thursday you’ll be able to pop right back in here and get info on ‘Innovation in the FPS genre’ as seen by me. And better yet, you’ll be able to look around the table and get the opinions of other swell guys as well. If you’re interested in sharing your opinion, send an email over to Corvus. His email address is here. Again on bandwagons, let it be said, as sad as I am that my petition to get Jellyvision to make another You Don’t Know Jack game was only signed by 26 people, I’m more saddened that no one said anything about it being a wonderful gesture while at the same time a funny slam on Kotaku’s ‘game editors tired of covering outrage’ petition. Then again, I still haven’t solved Josh’s puzzle from his hosting the Carnival of Gamers. And he’s giving away a prize, $50.

Oh, and if you’re a bored developer, feel free to drop me a note if you want to do an interview.

It’s true. And not only will they never stop making them, apparently they will never stop remaking them. Yes, the latest rumor is that there’s a chance that the Final Fantasy VII tech demo used to showcase PS3 software has gotten such acclaim that Squeenix is “not saying that a remake won’t happen,” to word it carefully. But dear Christ, why? I know, that’s a dumb question. “Because people will buy it again.” But why? Are graphics that important to everyone? I mean, I’ve already bought Final Fantasy IV and VI twice. Once the first time around, and the second for the sole purpose of being able to play them from here on out on my Playstations without having to drag out my SNES. (Though apparently the idea of ‘backwards compatability’ is limited to games, and not any progress I’ve actually made on those games. There are no memory card slots, instead we’ll have to use Memory sticks a la PSP.)

Is it inherent that 3d games will constantly be revised until we reach photorealistic graphics? Or will it stop when the graphics finally reach par with the game’s cutscenes? Of course, Final Fantasy 7 was ‘the one’. It heralded videogames arrival to the mainstream like few other games for many people.

That’s right people. If purported video game journalists can complain about having to cover news, then I, for the hell of it, can demand a new You Don’t Know Jack! game. This was spawned by Justin’s interview with Amanda Lannert, president of Jellyvision, over at Get The Sugar. Read the interview here.

But most importantly, do your part to revive the line with a new game! By signing this petition! (Because you all know how well internet petitions work.)